Monty244 - Solved:"Enzo spyder prototype" by Dimitris Papanagnou

el_monty · November 09, 2017, 08:16:36 AM

Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell who built this car and what powers it.

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids.

ChanceHuncha · November 09, 2017, 08:40:49 AM

Woah.. Never seen this before! Any Lavazza Connection?

el_monty · November 09, 2017, 10:07:30 AM

No. This is a more amateurish kind of creation...

ChanceHuncha · November 09, 2017, 12:35:26 PM

Hmm... Is it European?

el_monty · November 09, 2017, 02:36:13 PM

Yes, European.

ChanceHuncha · November 09, 2017, 03:57:58 PM

I know that this was not made by a major car manufacturer of any kind, so have there been multiple copies produced?

el_monty · November 09, 2017, 04:08:55 PM

No. It's a one-off (thankfully).

ChanceHuncha · November 09, 2017, 10:28:03 PM

Quote from: el_monty on November 09, 2017, 04:08:55 PM
No. It's a one-off (thankfully).

Haha!

Was this car featured in any magazine or book of some sort?

el_monty · November 10, 2017, 02:57:14 AM

No mags or books AFAIK, only the internet. It has appeared on a number of English-language sites.

ChanceHuncha · November 10, 2017, 04:12:40 PM

Is it from the UK?

el_monty · November 10, 2017, 05:20:58 PM

Not from UK.

ChanceHuncha · November 10, 2017, 05:34:42 PM

Western Europe At Least?

el_monty · November 11, 2017, 09:07:50 AM

Speaking in strictly geographical terms, the country of provenance of the car is not in Western Europe.

ChanceHuncha · November 11, 2017, 07:17:33 PM

How bout the north? Can't go wrong with the North.

el_monty · November 12, 2017, 04:41:23 AM

I'm afraid it's not from the North either.

ChanceHuncha · November 13, 2017, 03:14:18 PM

I found it!!! It's a custom special from Greece. Bult by Dimitris Papanagnou.

It was featured in a MAX Power magazine and even had a 'special edition' with MAX Power stickers. What a beautiful?... hunk of mess.

el_monty · November 13, 2017, 04:48:10 PM

You found it! Well done.
I'll complete the answer for you, it's powered by an Audi 3.7-litre V8 engine.
I didn't know about the MAX Power article, I just read about it in some online posts on popular car sites which poked fun at Papanagnou for advertising his creation at a whopping $800,000. He later claimed it had been a typo and he meant $80,000, but that is still a joke for such a sorry-looking thing. I don't know if he managed to sell it in the end, or for how much.

ChanceHuncha · November 14, 2017, 08:22:41 AM

I checked to see the ebay listing and its been taken down. Most likely because no one wanted it. Granted this was back in 2010 and is either sitting in a barn, actually in a trash compactor, or being driven around by Mr. Papanagnou.

... No take that back because he was selling it on eBay. Even he didnt want it.

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Monty244 - Solved:"Enzo spyder prototype" by Dimitris Papanagnou